News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
West Pharmaceutical Services has reported a huge surge in both sales and profits for its second quarter, spurred on by the increasing demand for injectable drugs as well as the lucrative Exubera manufacturing contract, which helped double sales for...
Niro Pharma Systems has launched a new spray-drying nozzle to produce commercial quantities of fine powder drugs for inhalation.
Researchers have created a compact optical device that could make"lab-on-a-chip" possible by shrinking all the sensing power of biosensorsand developing a new design for photonic crystals in the process.
Covalent Group has signed a $1.7m (€1.3m) contract with a new, undisclosed pharma firm to carry out a Phase II trial on a new drug for atherosclerosis - a disease affecting the arterial blood vessels throughout the body.
Europe's third party logistics providers (3PL) are evolving to integrate more of their operations with those of their clients in a bid to provide a more efficient service, leaving the old breed in danger of becoming extinct.
Pharmaceutical excipients can have a profound impact on the release profile of drugs, driving fine chemical companies to raise their game since they realise their clients see excipients as more than inactive ingredients.